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  • 33 vessels transit Suez Canal

    33 vessels transit Suez Canal

    Date: 2014-04-28 13:31:17 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:67 - ID:692423

    Thirty-three vessels passed through the Suez Canal on Monday, carrying a total cargo of 1.808 million tons. The south-bound convoy included 18 ships with a combined cargo of 891,000 tons, while the 18 ships of the north-bound convoy had a cargo ....

  • Fahmy backs Egyptian Women Union bid for 100 female MPs

    Fahmy backs Egyptian Women Union bid for 100 female MPs

    Date: 2014-04-28 13:23:09 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:66 - ID:692401

    Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy has voiced support for a campaign launched by the "Egyptian Women Union" group demanding 100 female members of parliament (MPs) in the coming House of Representatives elections. In a message published in the union's ....

  • Egypt bourse loses EGP 3.4bln, indices collectively down

    Egypt bourse loses EGP 3.4bln, indices collectively down

    Date: 2014-04-28 13:21:30 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:65 - ID:692398

    Egyptian Exchange (EGX) indices went down at the end of today's trading, affected by the renewal of political concerns, after issuing rulings to ban the 6 April Youth Movement and execute rioters responsible for acts of vandalism in Minya ....

  • Kuwaiti emir receives Egyptian information minister

    Kuwaiti emir receives Egyptian information minister

    Date: 2014-04-28 13:16:59 GMT - Kuwait - Egypt - SN:64 - ID:692390

    Kuwaiti Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah received Monday visiting Egyptian Information Minister Doria Sharaf el-Din. Sharaf el-Din addressed the Arab Media Forum Sunday and lauded the Egyptian-Kuwaiti ties. She had arrived here ....

  • Prosecution probes blast at MB member's house in Sharqiya

    Prosecution probes blast at MB member's house in Sharqiya

    Date: 2014-04-28 13:15:41 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:63 - ID:692385

    The prosecution in Menya-el-Kameh in Sharqiya has started investigations into the blast of a home-made bomb at the house of a senior member of the Muslim Brotherhood. The explosion at Walid Ezzel-Rega's house left his nephew killed and his son ....

  • Egypt's president meets Greek defense minister

    Egypt's president meets Greek defense minister

    Date: 2014-04-28 13:10:46 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:62 - ID:692373

    Egyptian Interim President Adly Mansour held a meeting Monday with Greek Defense Minister Dimitris Avramopoulos, presidential spokesman Ihab Badawy said. Defense Minister and Commander-In-Chief of the Armed Forces General Sedqi Sobhi was present ....

  • Terrorist MB students clash with security forces in Azhar faculty

    Terrorist MB students clash with security forces in Azhar faculty

    Date: 2014-04-28 13:02:34 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:61 - ID:692355

    Al-Azhar Faculty of Agriculture students affiliated to the terrorist Muslim Brotherhood (MB) group have tried to stop the ongoing practical exams and clashed with security forces. The security forces shot tear gas bombs in a bid to disperse the ....

  • Sisi meets WEF director, accompanying delegation

    Sisi meets WEF director, accompanying delegation

    Date: 2014-04-28 13:01:45 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:60 - ID:692351

    Presidential hopeful Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi met here Monday with visiting Managing Director of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos Philipp Rosler along with his accompanying delegation. During the meeting, el-Sisi underlined the importance of ....

  • Trial of Morsi, MB leaders over spying charges delayed to May 6

    Trial of Morsi, MB leaders over spying charges delayed to May 6

    Date: 2014-04-28 13:00:46 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:59 - ID:692349

    Cairo Criminal Court decided Monday to postpone until May 6 the trial of ousted president Mohamed Morsi and 35 other leading members of the terrorist Muslim Brotherhood on charges of espionage. The postponement came to continue listening to the ....

  • NCHR dismayed over rulings issued by Minya criminal court

    NCHR dismayed over rulings issued by Minya criminal court

    Date: 2014-04-28 12:59:47 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:58 - ID:692346

    The National Council for Human Rights (NCHR) voiced dismay over the rulings and decisions issued by Minya Criminal Court against a number of defendants involved in the terrorist crimes which took place following the dispersal of two protest camps in ....

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